Microsoft Glossary

Browse 8 microsoft terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

8 Microsoft Terms

Azure
Microsoft's cloud platform, offering infrastructure, managed services, identity, and enterprise integrations. In culture, Azure is often discussed alongside...
C#
Microsoft's modern, object-oriented language for the .NET platform, combining the power of C++ with the productivity of Java. C# has evolved aggressively with...
F#
A functional-first language on the .NET platform that brings ML-family language features to the Microsoft ecosystem. F# offers type providers for typed access...
GitHub
GitHub is a web-based platform for version control and collaboration built on top of Git, the distributed version control system created by Linus Torvalds....
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft's family of security products and capabilities for endpoints, identity, cloud apps, and related environments, often including antivirus, EDR, and...
.NET
A free, open-source developer platform by Microsoft for building applications across web, mobile, desktop, cloud, and IoT. Originally Windows-only (.NET...
Patch Tuesday Culture
The organizational habit of orienting patching, testing, and risk review around Microsoft's regular Patch Tuesday release cadence. More broadly, the phrase can...
Phi Model
A model in Microsoft's Phi family, often noted for strong performance from comparatively small model sizes.

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